Chad Billingsley (2-2, 5.06) vs. Rodrigo Lopez (1-1, 4.14).
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COMMENTS: It was an Iron Man kind of weekend:
- "Iron Man 2" (capsule review: great start, disappointing finish) made $133.6 million.
- Iron Man Shogun Rua needed only 3:35 to KO the previously undefeated Lyoto Machida to take the UFC light heavyweight championship.
- Clayton Kershaw threw 73 of his 117 pitches for strikes, going an Iron Man-esque eight innings in which he allowed two hits and struck out nine.
Question is, can Billingsley follow Kershaw's smash with a worthy sequel performance of his own? Or will Arizona's bats right-hook him out of the game? Although Billingsley allowed four runs in the first inning of his last start, he stopped the bleeding and managed to make it through the dreaded sixth inning. The Diamondbacks just got swept by the Brewers, allowing 26 runs in the process. The situation is ripe. Here's hoping Chadley can say to the Snakes, "You complete me!"*
Also: Lakers go for the sweep of the Jazz at 7:30p PT on TNT. GOPAG!
*Not even in the movie, by the way.
345 comments:
1 – 200 of 345 Newer› Newest»It pretty much had the same ending as the first one (at least the final fight, anyway), but since that was also the weakest part of the original, I see your point.
Accuscore has the Dodgers pitchers completing only 8.5 innings. Apparently FJL will get his change to pitch to a few batters to make up the difference.
Also, surprisingly little action for an action film. But Sam Rockwell's weapons-selling speech was great.
Martin 2
Kemp 8
Ethier 9
Ramirez 7
Loney 3
Blake 5
DeWitt 4
Carroll 6
Billingsley 1
IRON MAN II "only" made $128,122,480 for the weekend (actual). Their original estimates were ~$5mil off.
Romanoff
Fury
Rhodes
Stark
Vanko
Hammer
Hogan
Potts
Jarvis
Potts needs a rest day.
So, Haeger has Planter's fascism? That's nuts.
@Josh S. 3:58p: With that lineup, it's a good thing they're playing at Chase Field, where there isn't a "no pepper" restriction.
Also, in honor of the Tony Stark-themed GT:
LET'S DRINK!
"LET'S DRINK!"
And then hand over the blog to our best friend when we can't handle it anymore!
And then the blog will give him headaches and make him crazy!
Seems like I can piece together much of the Iron Man 2 plot from comments in this thread.
You just saved yourself $13.50, Mr. F!
@Josh S 4.25p: Are you saying I look like this?
Maybe after this past Saturday's game, yeah.
I paid $15, but I did get to pick my seat ahead of time.
(Which my wife had to tell me to stop doing before we went in the theater.)
Man, I'm dropping gross comments today.
(Actually, I'm well short of 144.)
Wait, she doesn't want you to pre-pick your seat? Did you go to ArcLight? You know they just converted the Pacific Theatre at Paseo Colorado in Pasadena to an ArcLight. Which is cool, because the only way I can stomach some movies that Mrs Dusty makes me go see is to have a few cocktails during the show.
OHHHHH! I get it.
i got it, but i'm not happy about the resulting visual
speaking of which, can we please get this game started?
When does this flippin' game start already? I'm hungry, thristy, irritable, and bored.
Pretty much same as every day, I guess.
Hey, I saw The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Saturday and only paid $8.00. Such a deal.
@Josh 4:21p
Is it just me, or is it getting a little salty in here.
@ Neeebs
You paid $8 for a girl with a dragon tattoo this Saturday? Man, I should hang out with you more on the weekend.
Mr C, Josh-
Go to your rooms.
Just saw what the Empire Strikes Back My Town poster looks like. It's aight.
Here is a pic:
http://hitpix.com/a5
@DB:
Did I mention to you that she is a bi-sexual, flat chested, heavily pierced, Swede?
Let's just start our own new thread. Out of a box of scraps. With Captain America's shield as support.
@Neeebs
That explains the $8 bargain basement price.
Hrmmm...on my iPhone, that poster looks like a Photoshop hackjob.
I still want it though. That's how I roll.
@Josh
Oh yeah, I totally want the poster. Just wasn't blown out of the water.
What, they couldn't have done yellow block letters receding?
AHHHHhhhhGGGhsodkjgk;ljzdsfgkl;ajertioijo!!!
Dodger Thoughts:
"Dodgers eye Ramon Ortiz for Friday start http://bit.ly/9NerIv"
Why is our management incapable of grasping the obvious? Can't we skip back to Clayton on normal rest with the off day on Thursday, anyway?
@Dusty 5:30 - Don't forget, Drew McCourt was probably involved in the poster design. Just be glad it doesn't feature Spock.
Speaking of ticket prices, I need to go back to watching flicks at the Vista. Cheap tix (relatively), great sound, historic site, and about a square mile of legroom. Can't beat it.
Drew McCourt presents My Town: Star Track.
I do not understand Torre's (or Colletti's) fascination with Ramon Ortiz. If we keep shoving him out there, he's bound to have a decent inning or two sooner or later. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Drew McCourt would have Ewoks on the ESB poster, too.
Good thing Nancy Bea doesn't have a sheet music arrangement for the yub yub song
42 comments an hour before gametime? Must be Monday.
42!
I firmly believe Ewok hate is a product of the internet. I don't remember anyone complaining about them when the film came out. Now it's cool to bash them.
(OK, so I was 9 then, but still, I knew grownups with taste.)
I also didn't realize Ewoks were so hated until the internet. Of course I was also born after RoTJ was in theaters.
I agree, Josh. I remember thinking they were decently cool enough, especially where they lived.
I think Ewoks have just come to be a metaphor for the over-commercialization that began to represent the franchise, thus the internet hate.
Time for the dreaded drive home, a time in which comments I want to post on the GT pile up and make me unbearably uncomfortable.
The ewok hatred was propaganda by Jar Jar Binks
Man exercising and commenting is harder than I thought.
Try to look cool Paul. Try to look cool. I am not typing about Ewoks.
Ewok hate became widespread after "Clerks."
Hmm, looks like we've got a sticky Wicket of an argument here.
I seem to recall the Jar Jar vitriol to be circles-of-hell more than Ewok hatred. But that said, when Lucas re-released RotJ and got rid of the Ewok song and fur-dominated ending, it was almost a self-admission that the Ewoks were not one of the movie's highlights.
Now, if he releases I - III without Jar Jar footage, meesa gonna DIE!
You Iron Man 2 viewers: thumbs up or down on ScarJo?
The Ewoks started it by hating clerks in their movie battle for Endor.
Thumbs up. Way up. Way way up. So up there's a hole in my roof roughly the size of the holes in my walls.
I suppose I can't piece together ScarJo from this thread.
I say thumbs up on ScarJo. Her character wasn't remotely necessary, but she did a good job with what was given. Just don't expect comic Black Widow. Her fight scene was simultaneously awesome and (unintentionally) hilarious.
She was very good at having a really nice face and body. That's about it.
@Casey - You left out the part were she kicks ass. Lots of ass. About roughly 12x the ass that Happy kicks.
let's go, Dodgers
clap clap, clap-clap-clap
That, and looking awesome in a catsuit.
Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy, here we go.
First inning recap
Russell Martin, one pitch one out
Matt Kemp, three pitches one out
Andre Ethier, two pitches one out
This is not a very good inning for us, no?
Well, it is double the amount required.
Chad's getting squeezed by the ump. And his strike zone is small too.
Game Thread started with Iron Man 2 capsule reviews. Then I felt confused because Josh said he was making gross comments, then Dusty and Sax get it and then Sax says it's not a pleasant image. Meant to ask but something tells me in this case, ignorance is a blessing.
Then, you discussed Ewoks. Maybe i'm gonna lose some Star Wars fandom cred but i love them with all my heart and one of my most precious wishes is uncle George releases the original trilogy in their original splendor. Also, i never got why Jar Jar Binks received so much hate in Episode I.
You're the most interesting bunch of people ever.
Is Bills having his meltdown for his next start during this start?
Two on, but none score and Chad notches two Ks.
0-0 after 1
That pretty much sums it up, Karina. Nice re-cap thus far.
Some would call us interesting. Others would have more critical words to describe us.
DB, Chad hung tough like a NKOTB!
Manny - one pitch, out
COL up on PHI, 2-1 in the fourth
But he hung tough?
Manny Ramirez, one pitch one out
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? TAKE A GODDAMN PITCH YOU GUYS
I guess the offense was confused by Kurkjian's article on pitch efficiency.
Scarlett looked great. Although she may have been wearing a Carrie Fisher-esque chest wrap.
LONEY HOMER!
If Chad is Hangin' Tough, our batters at the plate are Bye Bye Bye
LONEY!!!!!
Epale, Karina!
Road Loney, Home Loney...I can't tell the difference any more!
By the way, it is SO refreshing to hear Vin with a home run call. Smooth, clear, clean. Like a good beer.
And not like Charley.
King James taste of power!
Charley's more like a glass of vinegar: incredibly powerful and really tough to bear.
Epale Orel! :)
Aren't you glad that King James is hitting for power?. I mean, he's been getting balls out of the park way more often than his all and short MLB career.
Karina, you are incapable of hate. A valuable asset in today's world.
The final score of this game will not be 1-0.
Blake DeWitt hit
clap clap, clap-clap-clap
Vin says Carroll is batting .343 with one error in replacing Furkey on the DL. Is that true?
All I'm looking at is a .286 average and I can't recall many highlights (short of singling to reach base before Andre's walk off grand slam)
We'll get to this pitcher.
Of course, they're probably going to get to ours, too.
And, Carroll flies to right.
1-0 Dodgers.
I'm going to start the Ewok defense fund.
Another Pandora's Box: I believe Phantom Menace is the best film of the prequels. (But they all suck.)
Yeah B-R shows .286.
karina, you know what else is getting balls out of the park? a fourth-place position in our division.
Okay, okay, that's enough pessimism for today.
Josh S, I hope the Ewok Defense Fund (EDF) has little furry cans for coin collection.
Re; this FRS ad in the bottom right of my GameDay: I think I read that "Maddie Karlsson", who is admittedly both hot and ripped, is not even a real person. True?
well, it's 1-1 now.
@Josh
You're just asking for it, aren't you?
"(But they all suck.)"
Hallelujah! The third prequel (last one released) sucked the least on my suckmeter.
Shows you how much I could care less about the prequel drivel that I don't even know what their names are or what order they are in. The first (real) three shaped my entire youth; the other tripe didn't even form enough of a reason for me to memorize their proper names.
well, maybe she is indeed real
RT Dusty Baker @7:01 We'll get to this pitcher.
Of course, they're probably going to get to ours, too.
^ Dat ho is waaay to skinny.
@Dusty Baker i was just thinking i want to be as skinny, tall and natural blond as that girl is.
@Orel I can hate: i hate the SF Giants, for example :)
Chad delivery goes from wild and unfocused on one pitch to pure beauty on the next.
He is fascinating to watch.
So are the Ewoks although did only one really die?
Maddie Karlsson is the anti-Scarlett.
"Revenge of the Sith" was the best prequel.
Short, declarative sentences are best.
@karina
No you don't. Just be you. What a striking concept in today's image-conscious world.
Vinny said the Padres lead the Giants by half a run.
Karina, I think your version of hate is like mild dislike for the rest of us!
@Steve Sax whatever Vin says it's true in my book.
I know the Dodgers are in the fourth position in a lukewarm division, but if we see the positives we can be confident that this is a phase, not the entire season
@Karina
Unfortunately this phase is the Terrible Twos.
Damn, right, ManRam! Little 2-out mini rally.
I thought the Phantom menace did the best at telling a story and felt the closest to the original trilogy. The bad acting in the next two made them hard to watch.
I still think they could have combined the first two and made two the fall of Anakin and then three focus on the destruction of the Jedi and the race to keep the twins safe.
It would have given us more scenes showing how Anakin/Vader was a bad ass.
Just my opinion.
manny manny manny manny
2-1 Dodgers
What Paul said. Also, I greatly prefer sets and location shooting to green screen.
John Williams did some great work on all three, though. No surprise there.
@Dusty Baker it's difficult to "be yourself" when you are a woman born, raised and living in Venezuela but thank you very much for the boost.
Attack of the Clones was the worst. Aimless, pointless, no substance. At least the others had a semblance of a plot. Clones was just random dribble.
That was kind of a bullshit play. Martin charged with an error while trying to avoid the bat thrown on the ground right in front of him.
Vengeance is ours! 5-3 DP!
Chin Mode flashing the leather!
Dayum! That was suhweet.
Chinface gets shit done.
@Josh I'm with you, Ewoks have been unfairly treated.
@Dusty @Paul i cry a lot every time i watch Episode III. The realization of Anakin Skywalker finally turned to the Dark Side for a broken heart is too much to handle for me. A broken heart for the deaths of his mother and wife made him an iconic villain. What can be sadder?
There it goes my street cred here: i'm fond to watch the prequels over and over
Jamey Carroll's gameday pic haunts me.
Good news: Martin's error redacted.
Bad news: Changed to wild pitch by Billingsley.
Fisher PG
Bryant SG
Artest SF
Gasol PF
Bynum C
How many wins 'till the Lakers get into the next phase?
One more.
Alright, MLASF. You ready to do this (re Lakers)?
Who else had a nerdgasm over the "Inception" trailer?
@Karina
Keep fighting the power!
i <3 when i come back from dinner and we're up! wheeee
I am ready.
Andre's having a snack in right field.
Six straight balls by Bills.
No more flippin walks, sheesh!
Seven.
Phiwwy 5-4 Rox in the 6th.
keep it together, chadley
any of you watching gameday on mlb.com? What the hell is that little green dot on the path between the mound and home plate?
gillespie dizzy, strikes out for out #2
Snyder pretzeled! Bills escapes!
I see that dot, Sax. Does it represent the bat that interfered with JMart?
uh oh, either i'm dancing with myself here, or blogger's f'd up again
Anyone else have a bad aud/vid feed of the Lakers?
UT 16, LAL 12
Has it gone all Billy Idol on you, Sax?
we'll see your leadoff walk and respond with one of our own
well, i wait so long for my love vibration
Bison mode in effect.
what the hell does that mean, anyway?
Love watching Kemp go opposite field.
Andre double with two men on! 4-1 Dodgers!
Dre beats (the Dbags)!
bison's been a little endangered lately, so it's nice to see him single here AND take second on the throw
orel, you're ahead of me. I'm going to the other side.
Hello Everyone!
I'm late getting home tonite. Looks like I missed quite a bit
come on manny
SUCK IT, KELLY JOHNSON
Two things i worry about: Mr LASF's fists and Steve Sax's pessimism
Manny will make Lopez pay!
That was a helluva it from Manny. Caught, but damn fine swing. Let's hope he's dialed in already now that he's back.
"Andre's having a snack in right field."
The dude LOVES seeds. I stood in his spot on a fireworks night and the ground was covered in seed shells. (Pumpkin, I think.)
Night, Sax!
So far my fists are safe.
It's a BABIP kinda inning: BB, single, double, line drive, line drive.
Hey Karen, you're right on time.
You're going to the dark side, Sax?
Josh, did you pick some shells up to sell on eBay?
I like the way Lopez pitches
Just posted footage of Keith Hernandez catching some Zs during a Giants-Mets game. Yawn!
ok, NOW I'm going to the other side
Has it Been mentioned already that Lopez delivery and body style looks a lot like Greg maddux but a righty?
Not the same results of course.
Chad just needs to keep his pants on for three more innings.
Josh
I was there on a fireworks night (4th of July last season) in LF, and I noted a bunch of seeds in Manny's spot. I actually did pick up a few and keep them. I left them in my "Dodger pants" (the good luck ones I wear to every game) for a long time but I think they eventually broke apart in small pieces and got washed away in the laundry.
LAL 29, UT 24, end 1st
Shannon Brown! Wow. That needed a disclaimer for pregnant and heart condition.
Bills solid through five. So far, so good.
Man Chadley in a zone. It reminds me of the time I hit seven strikes in a row at bowling then I had a bit to many I lost my stuff and finished below average.
What was I talking about. Oh yeah Bills locked in the danger zone.
Two Ks for Bills in t he 5th. Very nice!
Vin talking about Bills' psyche.
Chad's still got something left in the tank for two more innings.
Bynum was quick there!
Martin's OBP is rising. Good to see.
Okay, seriously, what the hell happened to Kemp?
Watching Lopez reminds me of Maddux which reminds me of Karros because he owned Maddux. That was fun to watch him tee off on the hall of famer.
I saw now they are auctioning certain dodgers-yanks tickets starting the price at a certain minimum amount. God I will be glad when that series is over.
Uh-oh, Chad starts the sixth with a walk....
Drew double gives the D'backs men on second & third. Here we go again.
Uh oh honeycutt working his magic.
Lakers by 13
Torre with the hook
Chad not too happy.
Bills leaves a mess...
Hey, it wasnt a homerun. thats progress.
Chad's got one hell of a short leash.
Lakers dominating. Really crushing the spirit of Mormon country.
Belly better have his visa tonight.
200
Geez belly
Belly picks up where Chad left off. RA, bad guys.
Shape it up, belly 1
Unintentional intentional walk?
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